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Rondaiges Harper

 

Charge:

Kidnapping & Carjacking

Sentence:

33 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.75

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Delaware

County or Region of Crime:

Sussex

City of Crime:

Lincoln

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Phillip Brewer and Rondaiges Harper were codefendants wrongly convicted of kidnapping in the 2013 abduction of 89-year-old Margaret Smith in Slaughter Beach, Delaware. On Aug. 13, 2015, the Deleware Supreme Court reversed Harper's convictions because he was found not involved in the carjacking that preceded the kidnapping. A Sussex County Superior Court Judge approved Mr. Harper’s motion dismiss his case on Dec. 17, 2015."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On Aug. 13, 2015, the Deleware Supreme Court reversed Harper's convictions because he was found not involved in the carjacking that preceded the kidnapping. A Sussex County Superior Court Judge approved Mr. Harper’s motion dismiss his case on Dec. 17, 2015."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

17

Age When Released:

20

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Charges against convicted kidnapper withdrawn: Phillip Brewer, sentenced in Margaret Smith abduction, still serving time, By Ryan Mavity, Cape Gazette (Delaware), Feb 15, 2016"

Information Location 1:

http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/charges-against-convicted-kidnapper-withdrawn/1472524

Information Source 2:

"Charges dropped in Seaford abduction case, By Craig Anderson, Delaware State News, January 26, 2016"

Information Location 2:

http://delawarestatenews.net/police/charges-dropped-in-seaford-abduction-case/

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